The Bodie Island Lighthouse was built in 1872. Photo courtesy OuterBanksFreePress.com.

Bodie Lighthouse Facts:

• There are 214 steps to the lantern room.
• The flash characteristically remains 2.5 seconds on, 2.5 off, 2.5 on, and 22.5 seconds off, two cycles per minute.
• Bodie Island originally was spelled “Body” or “Body’s” Island.
• Bodie Island’s Principal Keeper Vernon Gaskill, Sr. and Assistant Keeper Julian Austin, Sr. were the last two civilian era keepers of the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Like other coastal lights, it became a lookout tower for the Navy during WWII.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Route 1, Box 675
Manteo, NC 27954

Phone: 252-473-2111

Facts from http://www.ncbeaches.com/Features/Attractions/Lighthouses/BodieIslandLighthouse/.

This is the time of year when folks are thinking about – excited about – warmer weather and getting away to the beach for a little rest and relaxation. No trip to the Outer Banks is complete without a visit to Manteo on Roanoke Island. Manteo is the county seat for Dare County and incorporated in 1899.
Manteo is a charming coastal town with great restaurants, bookstore, boutiques and theater – the Pioneer Theater showing family-friendly movies and the indoor theater and outdoor pavilion at Roanoke Island Festival Park featuring live entertainment. Here are some of my favorite links:

• http://www.townofmanteo.com/
• http://www.marsheslight.com/
• http://roanokeisland.com/default.aspx
• http://www.ncaquariums.com/roanoke-island
• http://www.elizabethangardens.org/
• http://www.darearts.org/dev/index.cfm
• http://www.poorrichardsmanteo.com/ (one of my favorite lunch spots)
• http://www.ortegaz.com/ (delicious fresh food with a southwestern flair)
• http://www.outerbanks.org/